Tag: Halle
A Holocaust survivor’s visit to her childhood home transports her to the past
Standing in the foyer of her childhood home at Reilstraße 18 in Halle, Germany, nonagenarian Eve Kugler recalled fleeing her hometown soon after Kristallnacht when she was a young girl. Now, 83 years later,...
German anti-Semitism, real and perceived
There were more than 2,000 reported anti-Semitic incidents in Germany in 2020 and just under 2,000 the previous year. That’s around or five or six incidents, some of them involving violence or verbal abuse,...
German court sentences Halle synagogue attacker to life in prison
A German court sentenced the shooter of a 2019 attack on a synagogue in Halle that killed two people to life in prison on Monday.
The court found Stephan Balliet, 27, a German neo-Nazi from Saxony-Anhalt, guilty...
The lonely, angry anti-Semite
At high school, he made no friends and didn’t belong to any clubs. He liked girls, but having a girlfriend was beyond his abilities. Academically, he was undistinguished, doing well in biology but failing...
Will the synagogue attack in Halle, Germany, spur pro-Jewish sentiment?
Inside the Center for Creativity at the historic Francke Foundation in Halle, founded as a Pietist education center for orphans in 1698, a couple of kids sitting in a cozy nook stared at a...
Pompeo visits synagogue in Halle, Germany; reaffirms battle against anti-Semitism
HALLE, GERMANY—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog attended a Thursday-night memorial service at the synagogue in Halle, Germany, which one month ago was...
How sincere is German political remorse over Halle synagogue attack on Yom Kippur?
“The background is still unclear.”
That was the refrain that German broadcasters repeated throughout Yom Kippur on Oct. 9 as news of the attempted attack on the Halle synagogue that killed two bystanders came to...
Two victims of synagogue attack in Germany identified
The two victims of the Wednesday attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Yom Kippur, have been identified.
German pop-music enthusiast Jana Lange, 40, and outdoor painter Kevin S., 20, were shot and killed...
Israeli, Jewish leaders respond to Yom Kippur attack on synagogue in Germany
Israeli and Jewish leaders issued messages of solidarity and calls for action after a neo-Nazi gunned down two people and injured several others in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday, during the Jewish holiday of Yom...